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  1. Four SPK projects receive KEK funding (21.07.2026)

    "Dagar Diaries", key sources on the Kingdom of Westphalia, previously secret records of a North Indian musical tradition, photographs from Sarajevo and 200,000 theatre programmes – four restoration projects at SPK institutions are part of the KEK funding programme ‘Preserving Written Cultural Herita

  2. The Pergamon Museum is coming back! (04.05.2026)

    From 4 June 2027, all the buildings on Berlin’s Museum Island will finally be open. The Pergamon Altar, Islamic art and Babylonian highlights will then be on display once again. The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – will reopen its doors to the publi

  3. Inspiring Women: Third ‘Weimar Room’ opens at the James Simon Gallery (02.07.2026)

    For the third time, the Weimar Classical Foundation is presenting the ‘Weimar Room’ in Berlin. From now on, visitors to the James Simon Gallery can catch a glimpse of the upcoming themed year, ‘Feminine Weimar’. This is the third time that the Weimar Classical Foundation has brought its mobile exhib

  4. "Hold your nerve!" at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2018 in the subjects of piano and composition (08.01.2018)

    The public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, which will be held this year in the subjects of piano and composition, will begin on 17 January 2018. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conducted by Corinna Niemeyer, has been secured as a partner for both the piano fi

  5. Winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026 honoured (12.01.2026)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026 came to an end on Sunday evening with a resounding final concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin. This year, prizes were awarded in the subjects of piano and chamber music with wind instruments - a category that was reintroduced after a long brea

  6. Germany's oldest young classical music competition starts advance sales for January 2019 (20.12.2018)

    On 20 January 2019, the winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Corinna Niemeyer at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. Germany's oldest competition for young classical musicians will be held in 2019 in

  7. Let the competitions begin! The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition for Singing and String Quartet starts on 15 January 2020 (15.01.2020)

    On 15 January 2020, the public competitions of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will begin on 15 January 2020. subjects of singing and string quartet. To kick things off 15 January there will also be an espresso concert with the first prize winner of the competition 2019 will t

  8. The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025 in the violin and piano trio categories (21.01.2025)

    The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2025 ended with a spectacular final concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin on Sunday evening. This year, the competition was held in the violin and piano trio categories. In the final round of the solo category and the final prizewinners' concert, th

  9. Facilitating the use of digitised cultural heritage in science and education (14.11.2013)

    Five public cultural institutions join the Berlin Declaration on Open Access and publish their conditions with the best practice recommendation. On 19 November 2013, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, the Federal Archives,

  10. Max Hollein talks about his father / Bauhaus music in the Neue Nationalgalerie / Memories of the old Tiergarten neighbourhood - "Utopia Kulturforum" with numerous accompanying events (22.10.2021)

    As part of the exhibition and event project "Utopia Kulturforum", the St Matthew's Foundation, the Art Library, the Museum of Decorative Arts, the New National Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin, the Berlin State Library, the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and the Ibero-American Institute